Jupiter’s Bands of Clouds

This enhanced-color image of Jupiter’s bands of light and
dark clouds was created by citizen scientists Gerald Eichstädt and Seán Doran
using data from the JunoCam imager on NASA’s Juno spacecraft.

Three of the white oval storms known as the “String of
Pearls” are visible near the top of the image. Each of the alternating light
and dark atmospheric bands in this image is wider than Earth, and each rages
around Jupiter at hundreds of miles (kilometers) per hour. The lighter areas
are regions where gas is rising, and the darker bands are regions where gas is
sinking.

Juno acquired the image on May 19, 2017, at 11:30 a.m. PST
(2:30 p.m. EST) from an altitude of about 20,800 miles (33,400 kilometers)
above Jupiter's cloud tops.